diff --git a/bin/prism b/bin/prism
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../lib', __dir__))
+require 'prism'
+
+begin
+  Prism::Cli.new.run(ARGV)
+rescue Prism::Cli::UsageError => e
+  warn "error: #{e.message}"
+  exit 1
+end
diff --git a/lib/prism/cli.rb b/lib/prism/cli.rb
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+require 'fileutils'
+require 'time'
+
+module Prism
+  class Cli
+    class UsageError < StandardError; end
+
+    ServerScript = <<~'RUBY'
+      require_relative '../app'
+
+      server = Prism::Server.new(APP_CLASS, port: (ARGV[0] || 3000).to_i).start
+      puts "listening on #{server.url}"
+      trap('INT') { server.stop; exit }
+      sleep
+    RUBY
+
+    def initialize(root = Dir.pwd)
+      @root = root
+    end
+
+    def run(argv)
+      command, *rest = argv
+      case command
+      when 'new' then new_app(rest.first || raise(UsageError, 'usage: prism new APP_NAME'))
+      when 'generate', 'g' then generate(rest)
+      else raise UsageError, "unknown command #{command.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def new_app(name)
+      app_dir = File.join(@root, name)
+      raise UsageError, "#{app_dir} already exists" if Dir.exist?(app_dir)
+
+      %w[app/controllers app/models app/views/layouts db/migrate public bin].each do |subdir|
+        FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(app_dir, subdir))
+      end
+
+      write_file(File.join(app_dir, 'app', 'views', 'layouts', 'application.erb'), layout_template)
+      write_file(File.join(app_dir, 'app.rb'), app_boot_template(name))
+      write_file(File.join(app_dir, 'config.ru'), config_ru_template(name))
+      write_file(File.join(app_dir, 'bin', 'server'), ServerScript.sub('APP_CLASS', Inflector.camelize(name)))
+      File.chmod(0o755, File.join(app_dir, 'bin', 'server'))
+      app_dir
+    end
+
+    def generate_migration(name, fields = [])
+      raise UsageError, 'usage: prism generate migration NAME [field:type ...]' unless name
+      version = next_migration_version
+      class_name = Inflector.camelize(name)
+      path = File.join(@root, 'db', 'migrate', "#{version}_#{Inflector.underscore(name)}.rb")
+      write_file(path, migration_template(class_name, name, fields))
+      path
+    end
+
+    def generate_model(name, fields = [])
+      raise UsageError, 'usage: prism generate model NAME [field:type ...]' unless name
+      class_name = Inflector.camelize(name)
+      model_path = File.join(@root, 'app', 'models', "#{Inflector.underscore(name)}.rb")
+      write_file(model_path, model_template(class_name))
+      migration_path = generate_migration("create_#{Inflector.tableize(class_name)}", fields)
+      [model_path, migration_path]
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def generate(rest)
+      kind, name, *fields = rest
+      case kind
+      when 'migration' then generate_migration(name, fields)
+      when 'model' then generate_model(name, fields)
+      else raise UsageError, "unknown generator #{kind.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def next_migration_version
+      version = Time.now.utc.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
+      version = (version.to_i + 1).to_s while File.exist?(File.join(@root, 'db', 'migrate')) &&
+                                             Dir.glob(File.join(@root, 'db', 'migrate', "#{version}_*.rb")).any?
+      version
+    end
+
+    def write_file(path, content)
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
+      File.write(path, content)
+    end
+
+    def layout_template
+      <<~ERB
+        <!doctype html>
+        <html>
+          <head><title><%= defined?(title) ? title : 'Prism App' %></title></head>
+          <body><%== content %></body>
+        </html>
+      ERB
+    end
+
+    def app_boot_template(name)
+      class_name = Inflector.camelize(name)
+      <<~RUBY
+        require 'prism'
+
+        APP_ROOT = __dir__
+
+        Prism::Orm.connect(File.join(APP_ROOT, 'db', 'development.pstore'))
+        Prism::Orm.migrator(File.join(APP_ROOT, 'db', 'migrate')).migrate!
+
+        Prism::Controller.views_root(File.join(APP_ROOT, 'app', 'views'))
+        Prism::Controller.layout(:application)
+
+        Dir[File.join(APP_ROOT, 'app', 'models', '*.rb')].sort.each { |file| require file }
+        Dir[File.join(APP_ROOT, 'app', 'controllers', '*.rb')].sort.each { |file| require file }
+
+        class #{class_name} < Prism::Application
+          set :views, File.join(APP_ROOT, 'app', 'views')
+          use Prism::Middleware::Logger
+          use Prism::Middleware::ParamsParser
+          use Prism::Middleware::Static, root: File.join(APP_ROOT, 'public')
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    def config_ru_template(name)
+      <<~RUBY
+        require_relative 'app'
+
+        run #{Inflector.camelize(name)}
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    def migration_template(class_name, name, fields)
+      match = name.match(/\Acreate_(.+)\z/i)
+      return plain_migration_template(class_name) unless match
+
+      table = match[1]
+      columns = indent(fields.map { |field| field_line(field) }.join("\n"), 6)
+      <<~RUBY
+        class #{class_name} < Prism::Orm::Migration
+          def up
+            create_table :#{table} do |t|
+        #{columns}
+              t.timestamps
+            end
+          end
+
+          def down
+            drop_table :#{table}
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    def plain_migration_template(class_name)
+      <<~RUBY
+        class #{class_name} < Prism::Orm::Migration
+          def up
+          end
+
+          def down
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    def field_line(field)
+      column, type = field.split(':', 2)
+      "t.#{type || 'string'} :#{column}"
+    end
+
+    def indent(text, spaces)
+      return '' if text.empty?
+      text.lines.map { |line| (' ' * spaces) + line }.join
+    end
+
+    def model_template(class_name)
+      <<~RUBY
+        class #{class_name} < Prism::Orm::Model
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+  end
+end